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Programme Specification PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION Course record information Name and level of final award: LLM in Legal Practice The LLM in Legal Practice is Bologna FQ-EHEA second cycle degree or diploma compatible. Name and level of intermediate Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Practice awards: (SRA LPC Stage 1 transcript) Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (SRA LPC Stages 1 & 2 transcripts – the LPC) Awarding body/institution: University of Westminster Teaching Institution: University of Westminster Status of awarding body/institution: Recognised Body Location of delivery: Westminster Law School (Little Titchfield Street) Language of delivery and English assessment: Mode, length of study and normal 1 year [FT] 2 years [PT] starting month: QAA subject benchmarking group(s): Professional statutory or regulatory Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) body: Date of course validation/review: May 2015 Date of programme specification May 2015 approval: Course Leader: Martin J. Skirrow Course URL: westminster.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate Westminster Course Code: PMLAW07F (Full-time) PMLAW07P (Part-time) JACS code: M250/M100 UKPASS code: P024793 ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS There are standard minimum entry requirements for all undergraduate courses. Students are advised to check the standard requirements for the most up-to-date information. westminster.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/how-to-apply For most courses a decision will be made on the basis of your application form alone. However, for some courses the selection process may include an interview to demonstrate your strengths in addition to any formal entry requirements. More information can be found here: westminster.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/how-to-apply THE AIMS AND ETHOS OF THE LLM in LEGAL PRACTICE 1. Stages 1 & 2 of the Legal Practice Course Students enrolling onto Westminster’s LLM in Legal Practice will throughout the first half of the course be attempting Stage 1 of the Legal Practice Course. As you may be aware, the LPC is the well-established vocational stage of legal education and training. The LPC forms a bridge between a law degree (LLB) or Graduate Diploma (CPE) and becoming a solicitor, normally via a Training Contract. Students must complete both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the course in order to satisfy the requirements of the SRA’s Training Regulations. The general aims and objectives of the LPC remain as before: (1) to prepare students for work-based learning; and (2) to provide a general foundation for legal practice. In essence, Stage 1 of the LPC comprises: The Core Practice Areas – Business Law and Practice, Property Law and Practice and Litigation (Civil and Criminal) Wills & Administration of Estates Taxation Professional Conduct & Regulation The Course Skills – Practical Legal Research (PLR), Writing, Drafting, Interviewing & Advising (I&A) and Advocacy The particular aims and objectives of Stage 1 of the course are set out in the LPC Outcomes as published by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. Copies of the Learning Outcomes may be found in the LPC Resources Room. See also www.sra.org.uk/students/lpc.page. Stage 2 of the LPC consists of three distinct vocational electives. Accordingly, on completion of Stage 2, students will have begun to develop the knowledge and understanding expected of a newly-qualified solicitor in three distinct areas of practice. The three vocational electives can be undertaken at the same LPC provider at which the students studied Stage 1 or at one or more different providers. Stage 2 elective subjects are selected by you during Stage 1 of the course as your intended specialisms. All of these topics are considered in more detail further on in this handbook. (See Course Structure below.) Programme Specification: Legal Practice LLM Published: 10 February 2017 In summary, the aims of the course are to prepare you for general practice and provide you with a general foundation for subsequent practice. So, by the end of the course you should (under appropriate supervision) be able to: 1. research and apply knowledge of the law and legal practice accurately and effectively 2. identify the client's objectives and different means of achieving those objectives and be aware of the financial, commercial and personal priorities and constraints to be taken into account the costs, benefits and risks involved in transactions or courses of action 3. perform the tasks required to advance transactions or matters 4. understand where the rules of professional conduct may impact and be able to apply them in context 5. demonstrate your knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of: Professional Conduct and Regulation the core practice areas of Business Law and Practice, Property Law and Practice, Litigation and the areas of Wills & Administration of Estates and Taxation the course skills of Practical Legal Research, Writing, Drafting, Interviewing and Advising, and Advocacy. You should also be able to transfer skills learnt in one context to another; 6. demonstrate your knowledge, understanding and skills in the three areas covered by your choice of electives, and 7. reflect on your learning and identify your learning needs. Our Legal Practice Course seeks to achieve these aims by means of: a curriculum covering the areas of knowledge in the Core Practice Areas, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Taxation and Wills & Administration of Estates as provided in the SRA’s Learning Outcomes (Knowledge); the integration of the course Skills throughout the Stage 1 subject areas and within the three Stage 2 vocational elective subjects (Skills); a teaching methodology combining the direct input and application of substantive and procedural law via a combination of ‘live’ and pre-recorded lectures and small group activities to task-based exercises so as to simulate as closely as possible the tasks which Trainees are expected to perform in the office (Teaching); the provision of a broad range of specialist elective courses that reflect the needs of the legal profession and desire of students to pursue a career in private and/or commercial practice (Electives); Programme Specification: Legal Practice LLM Published: 10 February 2017 an assessment system that accurately and fairly measures student abilities and performance, via a combination of examinations and skills assessments (Assessments); an effective mechanism for evaluating the delivery of the course (Course Evaluation); strong links between those engaged in the delivery of the course and practitioners. (Professional). 2. LLM in Legal Practice - Social Research Methodology and Legal Practice Dissertation modules Subject to satisfactory performance in Stage 1 of the LPC (see the Assessment Regulations) and payment of the ‘top-up’ fee, students will have the opportunity to progress to the ‘research’ and ‘dissertation’ modules in order to graduate with an LLM in Legal Practice. The addition of the research and dissertation modules to the LPC Stages 1 and 2 core subjects and skills consolidates the overall aims of the LLM in Legal Practice which are to enable students to: build upon existing research skills as taught and assessed as part of Stage 1 of the LPC; obtain a foundation in postgraduate research methodology and research skills; carry out postgraduate research into a topic informed by their Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 LPC experience and explore its relevance to legal practice; develop powers of analysis, synthesis, application and evaluation within the framework of the topic chosen for research; develop and extend knowledge and critical appreciation of legal practice; and produce a postgraduate dissertation in their chosen area of legal practice. Knowledge and Understanding By the end of the course, a student will have developed a dissertation proposal through a tailored research methods programme and produced a postgraduate dissertation which demonstrates: Deep and systematic understanding of knowledge of their chosen area of legal practice; Critical awareness and understanding of a range of research methodologies and the ability to apply appropriate research techniques in their own work; Systematic knowledge and understanding of the ethical, social, economic or political context of their chosen topic of study; Originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline; The ability to undertake a high level of independent research; The ability to evaluate critically current research at the forefront of their chosen area of legal practice and where appropriate, to propose new methodologies; The ability to learn independently and autonomously. Programme Specification: Legal Practice LLM Published: 10 February 2017 Specific Skills The development of the ability to self-direct is critical and students will be able to demonstrate that they can act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at the appropriate level and can demonstrate self-direction and originality in problem solving. Students will also be able to demonstrate: The ability to analyse and critically assess current knowledge and custom in legal practice; The ability to plan, produce and write-up a research dissertation focusing upon a topic founded upon the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Legal Practice Course subjects; The ability to undertake a high level of independent research; A clear understanding of legal referencing, legal argument and presentation; An awareness of the range of specialist
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